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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the three things that Augustine claims that interpretations of Scripture should build up?
(a) Hope, signs, and the inner eye.
(b) Special gifts, community, and signs.
(c) Faith, hope and love.
(d) The inner eye, love, and illuminated truth.

2. According to Augustine in Book Three, what is the purpose of Scripture in reporting the condition that affects holy men?
(a) The knowledge of law possessed by holy men is reported in Scripture to guide students to approach God's communication with the same zeal.
(b) The sins of holy men are reported in Scripture so individuals never think they are too great to sin.
(c) The discernment of holy men is reported in Scripture to remind students of the work that needs to be done to understand the history and culture of holy men.
(d) The direct communication that holy men had with God is reported so current students will approach Scripture with the reverence it deserves.

3. What are two other purposes that Augustine's reference claims a speaker must pursue?
(a) To delight and to move.
(b) To direct and to inspire.
(c) To amaze and to motivate.
(d) To reflect and to convict.

4. What facts of Scripture does Augustine set as the foundation for understanding it?
(a) All the teachings of Christ.
(b) Objects, times, places and people referred to in Scripture and the spiritual realm of the people in Scripture.
(c) The context of the miracles so they can understand the purpose of God in delivering them.
(d) All Scriptural history starting from creation.

5. How does Augustine use the items of his example to illustrate his distinction?
(a) That Adam made the choice of sin, but Cain responded out of the impulse passed to him from Adam's choice.
(b) The meal is enjoyed, but the pot is used.
(c) That Lucifer sought to discredit Job's faith, but God realized the depth of Job's convictions.
(d) That critics who do not understand show a lack of interest to discover, but those who believe in special gifts use a false faith to rationalize their lack of interest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the areas that Augustine emphasizes, what area receives the most intense focus?

2. How does Augustine state a student should consider an evil command given to its intended target?

3. Why is Book Four considered the most influential part of "On Christian Doctrine"?

4. What is the subject that Augustine addresses in Book One and Book Two?

5. What does Augustine reason is the consequence to human teaching if learning comes from Divine gifts?

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